Feeding the pipeline: Gender, occupational plans, and college major selection

2013/04/08 by Stephen L. Morgan, Dafna Gelbgiser, Kim A. Weeden · 1 voice · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Career Development and Diversity #Diversity and Career in Medicine #Higher Education Research Studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.03.008

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Citations

• Ability sorting and the returns to college major
• Some Things Never Change
• Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries
• Trends in gender segregation in the choice of science and engineering majors
• Horizontal Stratification in Postsecondary Education: Forms, Explanations, and Implications

Cited by

• Homophily, Biased Attention, and the Gender Gap in Science
• Women in Academic Science
• Gender Differences in the Formation of a Field of Study Choice Set

Discussions

• Study 1 (2013): Looks at association b/n gender gap in STEM major selection in college and gender gaps in HS occupational plans, academic prep, and work-family orientation. Tl;dr: plans matter, WFO do [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]